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1. Do you agree with the following  post? Why or why not?
2. Find an online resource related to health promotion and disease prevention of mental health issues for families that you think would be helpful to those who are struggling. This resource should focus on families and their needs, not the person with mental illness.

POST 1

BUY A PLAGIARISM-FREE ESSAY HERE

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States (Chesnay and Anderson, 2020). Suicide does not discriminate between age, sex, race/ethnicity, and geographical location however, it is 4 times more likely in males than females. The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention has put in place an act called, “Zero Suicide”. It is a program used to provide information about suicide risk screening tools and steps to take when a patient screens positive for suicide risk. Healthcare settings have a significant role in preventing suicide when screening during routine appointments. This is due to the large number of patients they see from a variety of backgrounds (King, Horwitz, Czyz, and Lindsey, 2017). There are many tools used to assess for mental health concerns and suicide that is encouraged to be utilized by healthcare providers during routine appointments. These screenings include PHQ-9, PHQ-2, SBQ-R, C-SSRS, and ED-SAFE Patient Safety Screener. The PHQ-9 is the most common and incorporates DSM-IV depression diagnostic criteria into a tool for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and measuring the severity (King, Horwitz, Czyz, and Lindsey, 2017). Theses screenings would pertain to John because if the provider would have assessed him with a PHQ-9 exam, they would have been able to further determine severity of his mental health and suicidal risk. This would have helped them formulate a better discharge plan other than returning “home”.